Awesome New $3 Upgrade

Hi Backers,We are soooo excited to see the support that everyone has shown so far! You guys rock!

THE BIG NEWSSome of you have asked us, "What do I do with the cap?...Does it fit on the back so I don't lose it?"

Well, now it can. We talked to our manufacture and developed a new back plug. It works great so we are offering an exclusive, never-before, threaded back plug that will hold your cap on the back of your PHX-Pen!

UPGRADE MY REWARDS!If this new upgrade has your name written all over it, simply add $3 (per pen) to your reward and we will add the new screw-on back plug to your current rewards. We will send out the survey to collect address and to confirm your upgrades after the project has ended to make sure everything is clear.

YES,You will still get to keep the original "flat" back plug when you upgrade so you will end up with two back plugs. The original plug and the new threaded plug.

How do I change my pledge amount?Visit the project page and click “Manage Your Pledge.” Enter a new total
amount (add $3 per pen) in the pledge amount box. The total dollar amount you enter will be the total amount collected
if the project is successfully funded.That's it!

Be sure to check out the photos and demo video below.

Thanks again for making this project a success! We are stoked about making these awesome pens for each and everyone of you. Have a great day!

Comments

Superbacker

Gentlemen, you guys rock! That was one of my concerns about this pen, losing the cap and now you have address it with style. I will be increasing my pledge by 3 dollars. Good job, looking forward to my new pen.

Hi rmellin,
We have tried making the cap with opposite directions before (right hand & left hand threads) and it turns out when you tighten the cap, the plug will become loose. The way it is now is the best way for us to do it. We had been testing the balance between how "tight" and "lose" both sides/threads need to be and now it works pretty smoothly. Check out the video to see in in action. Thanks for the question and for your strong support.
-Chadwick & Joe

Just one important question though: are the two thread directions opposite to each other? i.e. If both were the same, then its possible to screw the cap so tight onto the end that upon unscrewing, not the cap itself but the cap with the plug inside comes out?!

@Mikeybear: While I agree that you are entitled to your opinion, I find your need to call names rather childish and if I were Chadwick and Joe, I'd gladly refund your money and ask that you purchase your pen elsewhere. Also, you should maybe worry less about what should or should not have been an "obvious feature" on this pen and more about your poor use of punctuation and spelling.

I'm just glad this product is on time, unlike another pen I backed over 6 months ago that I still have yet to receive. Good for you guys! Can't wait to get this thing. I love that it will work with the Signo or the Hi-Tec. Both are favorite pens of mine.

Steve Newton-Yes, you do get both plugs by upgrading the pledge.
We feel like it's a balance between "clean design" and "functional feature", but the solution is only one way around. That's the least we can do to offer it as an option to our backers, we are glad that lots of backers think it's worthy to have one more option to play with. We are always grateful for all of your support, hope everybody has a good day:-)

I prefer having both options too as well. Just upgraded my pledge from 2 pens to 3 pens with the new feature. I can't wait for my pens to arrive! :-)
@Mikeybear - you are perfectly entitled to your opinion that you'd prefer just the new plug and you are free to raise that as a comment.

why not just change the end plug and then we decide whether to put the cap on or not
Thought it must be April 1st again - you really want your backers to pay more for a minor modification that should have ben an obvious feature before !!!!!
Cheapskates !!

We did try make opposite threads on the PHX-1 design tool set for the knife holder part, it turns out when you try to tight the cap the tip will get lose, it's been tested that doesn't work very well. So, we had been testing the balance between how "tight" and "lose" for the both sides threads on the plug for a while, now it works pretty smoothly, like it's in the demo video it won't unscrew the plug out easily.

You can feel the cap sitting on the back of the pen slightly, but since the pen cap is short and hollow, it doesn't "trouble" your writing. I've been using it for couple of days and I don't notice the difference if I don't mean to compare with the cap on & off.

Thanks for your input in to this project, your questions are great points, hope the information could help, have a nice day.

It it is possible, it would be cool to see the back plug threaded the opposite of the cap so that tightening the cap on the plug would unscrew the plug, and undoing it would do the opposite, so that you never have the issue of it getting stuck or coming off at the same time. Just a suggestion! p.s. just upped my pledge :D

Hi Blue,
The function works really well on this upgrade back plug. The cap does not come off with the cap. Check out the video to see it in action. Now, If you apply a lot pressure you might have the issue you asked about happen, but using a normal amount of pressure the new plug stays in and works great. Thanks for asking.
-Chadwick & Joe